Sergeants taught me valuable lessons

There was a time in my life when I was taken in hand by a group of very serious gentlemen who attempted to teach me some very serious lessons - difficult, hard-won skills and attitudes - intended to keep me alive in dangerous situations. To a surprising degree, they succeeded.

I will always be grateful to them for their care and concern. While the knowledge they chose to share with me has been less of practical value than attitudinal, it has fostered a sense of self-confidence that has lasted through the years.

Indeed, some of those almost automatic responses they developed I still carry with me, both to my amusement and to my gratification. They were exceptionally valuable lessons, and I must have learned them well because, on several critical occasions in my life, they have fulfilled their original purpose.

Thank you, Sgt. Blas, Sgt. Guerra, Sgt. Barker and Sgt. Brown.

Tim Gorelangton, Reno

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Sergeants taught me valuable lessons

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